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NTSB opens inquiry after Alasks Boeing 737 departs on wrong runway from Seattle
US investigators have opened an inquiry after an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 incorrectly departed from the wrong runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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Long-time Airbus customer TAM of Brazil orders Boeing 777-300ERs
Fast-growing long-haul carrier delays Airbus A350XWB decision in opting for eight Boeing 777-300ERs, marking South America's first order of the type
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Bombardier thinks of U-turn on CSeries, with engine plans for 110-130 seat airliner discussed with CFM and P&WC
Bombardier could revive its CSeries airliner by early next year and is in talks with CFM International and its joint owner General Electric, as well as Pratt & Whitney Canada, about the engine technology it requires for the proposed 110- to 130-seater.
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Boeing chooses leased 747-400 as testbed for 747-8 stretch to provide wing load data
Boeing has decided to use a leased 747-400 to prepare the ground for the forthcoming 747-8 stretch in a similar way that it is using a 777 for concept validation and risk-reduction on the 787.
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Airbus China considers local manufacture of Airbus A320 wings, UK could lose exclusive hold on assembly work
Wings for the A320s that Airbus will assemble in China could be produced locally as part of the European manufacturer's plans to outsource more production to the Asian country. The move would see the UK lose its exclusive hold on Airbus wing production.
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Airbus Military A400M faces future 'challenges' as fuselage emerges, on eve of major review
Airbus Military has begun fitting out the first fuselage of the A400M military transport and says the programme is “meeting all contractual milestones” as it approaches delivery of a major review next month.
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Air France CEO Jean-Cyril Spinetta defends rejection of GPWS equipment on Air Inter A320 fleet, despite fatal 1992 St Odile mountainside crash
Air France chief and former head of Air Inter Jean-Cyril Spinetta has defended the decision not to equip the Air Inter Airbus A320 fleet with ground proximity warning system (GPWS) equipment, despite the fact that it might have prevented a 1992 fatal crash at Strasbourg.
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US FAA issues airworthiness directive including winter training and low airspeed alarm to address Cessna Caravan icing risks
Completion of an approved pilot winter operations training course and fitment of a low airspeed warning system to Cessna 206 Caravans are expected to be mandated soon by a US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive applying to all commercial operations by the type, says the US Regional Air Cargo Carriers ...